Expected Results
Selected Buildings
Guidelines for successful implementation of MEM shall be derived throughout the project course. Therefore, MEM will be implemented to 60 typical municipal buildings in the target regions which show different types of usage, years of construction, energetic situations and thus function as demonstration buildings.
Best Practice
The project consortium will identify best practices for achieving energy savings through MEM. Best practices will be provided e.g. in form of guidelines and financing models.
Training Concepts
Capacity building is a key factor for achieving sustainable and systematic procedures for energy saving in municipalities. Therefore, different training concepts for all relevant target groups will be developed.
Selected Buildings
EUKI MEM will implement a systematic municipal energy management model in the partner regions. For this purpose, 60 demonstration buildings (different use, year of construction, initial energetic situation, etc.) will be selected. Each implementing partner is responsible for picking suitable buildings in their target regions. In order to identify them, pre-audits and screenings of multiple municipal buildings in the regions of each implementing partner are foreseen. This will include close cooperation with local authorities. For an initial assessment of the buildings, energy consumption and the most important building characteristics are collected and evaluated. While selecting the buildings, the implementing partners exchange information about the different starting constellations in the buildings and can thus carry out an important transfer of knowledge about the different building structures in the countries.
Best Practice
A key aim of EUKI MEM will be to optimize reduce the energy consumption of all selected demonstration buildings. The aim focus will be on no and low cost technical efficiency measures, but will also include non-technical measures will be included. The experiences gained during the on-site appointments are documented by video and photo in order to provide the best possible and practice-oriented imitation in other buildings. In addition, the development of checklists is planned, in which the typical optimization measures in municipal buildings are summarized. These checklists can shall be made available to other municipalities in order for them to replicate as these standard measures for optimizing operations in their respective municipal buildings.
MEM can only be successfully introduced if the highest political level and the highest decision-makers in a municipality support it and make relevant decisions for the necessary sustainable structures. The highest decision-makers in the municipalities therefore play a central role and therefore are involved very closely in the development and implementation processes. EUKI MEM will publish guidelines for the implementation as well as advice on financing models.
Guidelines for the implementation
When it comes to publishing guidelines for implementation, the initial situation must be taken into account. In this context, the highest political level of each municipality plays a significant role. Political leaders in the municipalities must formulate and communicate objectives and thus lead the way to energy saving and climate protection.
Financing model
Missing financial resources often challenge local authorities to modernize their buildings energetically, or to apply elements of MEM at all. The aim of the project is therefore to examine the different experiences of the implementing partners on innovative possibilities to finance MEM and the implementation of energy measures, and, if possible, to implement these financing possibilities in demo buildings. Options for financing may include performance contracting, revolving funds, intracting, etc.
Training concepts
The aim of EUKI MEM is to provide the basis for documenting and multiplying the knowledge gained by all partners and participating target groups in the project. After sharpening the definition of the target groups, target group- and topic-specific training methods and precise content will be developed. It is essential for the capacity building support to take place with regard to the respective target groups addressed by the project. Thus, there will be different formats for capacity building support. A distinction will be drawn between rather theoretical formats and very practical formats.
Theoretical formats
The theoretical formats are to address the target groups of the decision-makers in the municipalities (mayors, politicians) as well as important multipliers. These formats will mainly be held in the form of theoretical workshops and individual conversations.
Practical formats
The practical formats on the other hand should be explicitly implementation-oriented in order to motivate and didactically catch the target group of those who are and will be responsible for the practical implementation of MEM on-site. Here, it is about the concrete elaboration of technical details (how exactly does energy controlling / operational optimization work) and their on-site application. These formats necessarily also include basic theoretical parts, however the emphasis is on practical application in the form of coaching on-site and exemplary operation optimization.
Transfer approach and tutorials
A transnational approach for the multiplication of trainings is to be ensured through train-the-trainer modules and test runs in the four partner countries. An essential factor for the acceptance of MEM within a municipality is obviously to raise savings potentials. For this reason, operation optimizations are being performed. Here as well, an emphasis is placed on a high degree of sustainable capacity building by conducting mutual coaching of project partners and knowledge exchange on site. All experiences made within the project should be made replicable. This applies in particular to the success elements of MEM. For this purpose it is planned to create and provide technical and non-technical tutorials (video, digital tools).
